jonk

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch jong, from Middle Dutch jonc, from Old Dutch jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔŋk/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

jonk (attributive jong, comparative jonger, superlative jongste)

1. young
2. recent

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• jong (more recent variant, now widespread)

Etymology

From Middle High German junc, from Old High German jung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /joŋk/

Adjective

jonk (masculine jonge, feminine jong, comparative jönger or jenger, superlative et jöngste or jengste)

1. (many dialects) young

   Hä hät noch en jong Dochter un e jonk Enkelche.

   He has a still young daughter and a young grandchild.

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔŋk/
• Homophone: Jonk
• Hyphenation: jonk
• Rhymes: -ɔŋk

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.

Alternative forms

• jónk (Central Limburgish, East Limburgish, Southeast Limburgish, North Limburgish)
  • joonk (Maastricht)
• jong, jóng (widespread variant)

Adjective

jonk (masculine jonge, feminine jong, comparative jonger or jönger, superlative jongste)

1. (Southeast Limburgish, including Eupen) young

   Antonyms: aod, (Eupen) aut

Etymology 2

Fixed nominalisation of Limburgish jonk (“young”).

Alternative forms

• Jonk (German-based spelling)
• jong (widespread variant)
  • Jong (Eupen, Krefeld)

Noun

jonk m (plural jonges, diminutive jungske)

1. (Southeast Limburgish, uncommon) boy, young guy

Noun

jonk n (plural jonge, diminutive jungske)

1. (Southeast Limburgish) A young: a young being, especially an animal.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German junc, from Old High German jung.

The -k belongs to the uninflected stem (through final devoicing when -ng- was still a consonant cluster). Though adjectives have usually generalized the inflected stem (cf. laang, not *lank), there are exceptions with generalization of the basic form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /joŋk/
• Rhymes: -oŋk

Adjective

jonk (masculine jonken, neuter jonkt, comparative méi jonk or jénger, superlative am jéngsten)

1. young

   Ech frot e jonke Mann, dee mer de Wee gewisen huet.

   I asked a young man who gave me directions.

Declension

declension of jonk

number and gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		hien ass jonk	si ass jonk	et ass jonk	si si(nn) jonk
nominative / accusative	attributive and/or after determiner	jonken	jonk	jonkt	jonk
	independent without determiner			jonkes	jonker
dative	after any declined word	jonken	jonker	jonken	jonken
	as first declined word	jonkem		jonkem

Antonyms

• al

Middle English

Alternative forms

• jonke, jounke, joynk, junck, junk

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French jonc (“rush”), from Old French jonc, from Latin iuncus, from Proto-Italic *joinikos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒunk/

Noun

jonk (plural jonkes) (rare)

1. (nautical) An old cable or rope.
2. A rush (plant of the family Juncaceae)
3. A rush basket.

Descendants

• English: junk

References

• “jǒnk, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “jǒnk, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

North Frisian

Pronoun

jonk

1. objective case of jat

Swedish

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from English junk.

Noun

jonk n

1. (slang) brown heroin

Declension

Declension of jonk
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	jonk	jonket	—	—
Genitive	jonks	jonkets	—	—

Related terms

• jonkare (“heroinist”)

See also

• horse

References

• Swedish Police Authority list of drug slang
• Slangopedia